{"id":4654,"date":"2010-05-14T00:24:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T07:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2010-05-14T17:09:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T00:09:15","slug":"dont-be-alarmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/14\/dont-be-alarmed\/","title":{"rendered":"don’t be alarmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you feel the earth tremble beneath your feet starting Thursday<\/span> Friday afternoon, don’t be alarmed, it’s not an earthquake.\u00a0 It will be the sound of dozens of timpanists vying for the timpani position being vacated by the retiring Paul Salvatore at the end of this season.\u00a0 A timpocalypse<\/em>!\u00a0 Did you know there are two distinct kinds of timpani?\u00a0 I didn’t until this week.\u00a0 Yes, there are German and American varieties of timpani, and they have different tuning apparatus and set ups (they’re pretty much exact opposites).\u00a0 This means that the orchestra has to supply two sets of timpani for the candidates to audition on, and also two sets for them to warm up on.\u00a0 There will be timpani all over the Arlene this weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you feel the earth tremble beneath your feet starting Thursday Friday afternoon, don’t be alarmed, it’s not an earthquake.\u00a0 It will be the sound of dozens of timpanists vying for the timpani position being vacated by the retiring Paul Salvatore at the end of this season.\u00a0 A timpocalypse!\u00a0 Did you know there are two 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